Chapter Four
A week after their visit to the Pet Club. E. receives a phone call from the woman who had welcomed them, the one with two boy-pups on leashes.
‘My boys have been pestering me to meet your little pup again,’ she says. ‘They’d dying to know if she’s pretty. They told me she’s got such a hot little body, but they want to see her face too. So I’m wondering if you’d care to meet up soon?’
E. says he’ll get back to her. He tells pup about the conversation.
‘Should you like to meet those boy-pups again?’
‘Woof,’ says pup. She’s not wearing her tail, but she wags her bottom to show her enthusiasm.
E. calls back. The woman, whose name is Clare, suggests they go on a picnic. The weather is warm.
‘That could be fun,’ says E.
It’s arranged he will pick them up in the car. Pup is e
